Friday, October 9, 1998
Taming the Akalis
The art of managing a coalition is the art of making compromises. The arena for thrashing out a political compromise on Udham Singh Nagar is the committee consisting of George Fernandes , Kalyan Singh and Parkash Singh Badal. There is no pussy-footing here.
India (Rest) House
It's Raj chic: the Maharaja. It can also be the official mindset of India. Does it mean that India as a modern nation is proud of having a mental mascot that exudes tradition and historical glory? India, one of the most potential markets of the East, India the nuclear power, wants to reach out to the world.
This game is for a strategic gateway
All the famous captains of Kipling's Great Game were baptised on their long march from Kabul to Kandahar. This expeditionary force, called the Punjab Frontier Force, was nicknamed Piffers with all its regiments at the time of partition going to the Pakistan Army. Almost a hundred years later, in August,their descendants led and guided the Taliban in the opposite direction from Kabul to Mazar-i-Sharief in a stunning military victory in Mazar.
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